A compilation I made of the most notable jams from the New Year’s show from Big Cypress, with minimal lyrics. I tried my best to mix one jam into the other. Download the files below. (right click and select “Save As..”)

Trey introduced Dog Log with “There’s enough of those damn signs out there.” Dog Log was last played on August 2, 2003 (172 shows). Hood was unfinished. Prior to Sleeping Monkey, Trey teased the Star Wars theme and said “Fish, when you get to the end of this beautiful song, one last time for all of us. One final tuck.” Trey added that “it’s been a beautiful two days, but It wouldn’t be complete without seeing Fishman tuck his dress into his underwear one last time” and “I’m singing this one right to you Fish, because I am your father.” Trey proceeded to sing to Fish using Mike’s mic. Tweezer Reprise contained Sleeping Monkey quotes from Fishman.

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Set One
Sample in a Jar, Party Time, Simple > Axilla, Tube, Kill Devil Falls, Water in the Sky > Horn, Babylon Baby, Bathtub Gin > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, I Didn’t Know > Run Like an Antelope (1:28)

Set Two
Back on the Train > Rift, Split Open and Melt > The Mango Song > Backwards Down the Number Line, Limb By Limb, Shine a Light, Lengthwise -> Maze, Cavern > Fire (1:26)

Encore
Mexican Cousin > Slave to the Traffic Light (12:51)

Carl “Geerz” Gerhard sat in on trumpet for Party Time. Trey introduced Gerhard as having come to the School of Phish in 1991 and talked about Gerhard’s teaching career in the Armed Services. Trey acknowledged the crowd’s request by playing Tube. During I Didn’t Know, Trey said that they took Fishman on the road in 1983 and he went to the Phish School of Music, adding that he was now the executive officer of the “Air Force.” Trey said he didn’t think Fishman should be representing the vacuum cleaners without tucking in his shirt (a.k.a. Fish’s dress) and asked him to do so (Fishman complied). Antelope included alternate lyrics “Been you to tuck in your dress, man?” “Tuck, tuck, tuck, tuck” and “Tuck in your dress man, you’re out of control!” Trey also said that for 30 years, Fish has been leaving his dress untucked and told everybody to tuck in their dresses. Mike, Trey, and Page tucked in their shirts before the setbreak bow. Split Open and Melt included the alternate lyrics “Split open and tuck.” Backwards Down the Number Line contained a DEG tease from Trey. Lengthwise included an invitation for audience members to appear on stage and tuck (a few fans came on stage), contained alternate lyrics “When you’re there, I sleep tuckwise, and when you’re tucked, I sleep, you really have to tuck” and “I sleep diagonal in my tuck,” and Trey wielding a light saber, saying “the force is weak with that one. And that one too. But the force is strong with that one.” The audience was subsequently called out by Fishman, Trey, and Page, in part being told repeatedly “You suck at tucking” over the Maze intro. The Maze intro also featured Trey asking Chris Kuroda to turn off the lights while he waved the light saber around, talked like Darth Vader, saying “I am your father, Fish. I am your father,” and played the guitar with his light saber. Fire contained more Tuck references, with Trey saying “Tuck it!” and the alternate lyrics “Let the Tucker take over!” Mike and Trey sported sombreros for Mexican Cousin.

Phish has wonderful soundboard recordings available on their LivePhish.Com website. They come in MP3 and FLAC formats available for every show since 2003, and many, many more. Please support their music by attending a live show or buying an album.

Set Two
Drowned > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Reba, Roses Are Free > Chalk Dust Torture > Prince Caspian -> Silent in the Morning, Bug > A Day in the Life > Down with Disease (1:20)

Encore
Gotta Jiboo > Quinn the Eskimo (15:32)

For the fourth Father’s Day in a row, Brother was performed and featured all of the band’s children on stage and subsequent introductions (which included a Charge! from Page). After Timber, Trey sang the ending notes to Brother. Trey then said he had a trivia question for the crowd and asked “how many songs end like this?” and the band sang the ending of Brother again. He answered the question by saying the songs were My Friend, My Friend, Rift, and Brother (all of which had their endings “sung”). Trey added that tonight was special because from now on, Timber would also end with the Brother ending (which was sung again). Trey said Page could also end Lawn Boy that way from now on, prompting a Lawn Boy quote from Page. Mike then teased Ha Ha Ha. Trey went on to say that Metallica would be playing at Bader Field soon after Phish and that he didn’t think they ended a single song like the ending of Brother (Trey sang the ending). Trey said if everyone wrote Metallica a note saying “Dear Metallica, please end Master of Puppets like this” (singing the ending one final time), if they got 20,000 notes, they just might do it. Fluffhead and Down With Disease subsequently had endings similar to Brother mixed in with their normal finishes. Reba did not contain the whistling ending and Caspian was unfinished.

Phish has wonderful soundboard recordings available on their LivePhish.Com website. They come in MP3 and FLAC formats available for every show since 2003, and many, many more. Please support their music by attending a live show or buying an album.